Get bargains at your local stores this Small Business Saturday

Shoppers across Wandsworth can take advantage of a whole host of discounts and special offers by keeping it local this weekend.

Cllr Caddy visited Balham Flowers during last year's event

Small Business Saturday takes place on December 2, which is
expected to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year. The aim is
to encourage local people to explore their own neighbourhood and unearth the
wide range of shops and diverse retail opportunities on their doorstep.

Small neighbourhood businesses are the lifeblood of their
communities and give residents a unique shopping experience. This year
Wandsworth is supporting Small Business Saturday as part of its annual campaign
to encourage people to shop locally. Shops around the borough have
been encouraged to take part and will be publicising their offers via the
council’s Wandsworth
Small Biz twitter feed in the run up to, and on, the day.

The weekend is all about encouraging Christmas shoppers to
keep it local in the hope they will see and appreciate the unique lure of the
shops in their area and become customers the whole year round.

Local Business owner Laura Amos of the Dessert Deli in Northcote
Road will be offering customers a special ‘buy
one get one free’ deal on cup cakes. She
said: “If everyone in the local area was to spend a couple pounds in each
independent business then everyone would survive. Often the small independent
businesses are the ones who also help promote their local area and give back in
any way they can too. What goes around comes around. Every pound counts...”

The council’s business spokesman Cllr Kim Caddy will be
visiting participating businesses on the day. She said: “The heart of any
community is its shopping centre and buying everything online makes it hard for
small, independent shops to survive. That’s why the council has been working
with local traders to help make Small Business Saturday a success.

Small Business Saturday 2016

“For every pound spent in a local independent shop or
locally owned business, up to 70p benefits our local community, but if you shop
at an out of town centre or online as little as 5p finds its way back.

“So please save some of
Christmas shopping for your local stores and make the most of the offers and
discounts on Saturday.”

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